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Your church 6 00:00:28,32 --> 00:00:28,55 you're. 7 00:00:36,19 --> 00:00:40,29 Right we are going to go into the book of Romans very been doing 8 00:00:40,30 --> 00:00:44,35 a study of verse by verse study in the book of Romans were in Romans chapter three 9 00:00:45,23 --> 00:00:48,83 verse three then one of the entire chapter three verse one then what advantage as 10 00:00:48,84 --> 00:00:53,30 a Jew but what is the value of circumcision Now if we don't know that yet to look 11 00:00:53,31 --> 00:00:57,63 up above to get the context last week we looked at up above us talking about 12 00:00:57,64 --> 00:01:01,29 circumcise uncircumcised and saying that it doesn't matter if you're circumcised or 13 00:01:01,30 --> 00:01:06,32 not that if you go mad if you do or not if you are before Jesus Christ for one so 14 00:01:06,33 --> 00:01:10,98 then what advantages the Jews have if last cabin the last chapter Paul says don't 15 00:01:10,99 --> 00:01:12,84 do any good for you to be a Jew that it was 16 00:01:12,85 --> 00:01:15,86 a Gentile is the same we're all equal we're all sinners are all need 17 00:01:15,87 --> 00:01:17,37 a Savior all that stuff what good is it to be 18 00:01:17,38 --> 00:01:21,26 a Jew and he answers the question it was good to be 19 00:01:21,27 --> 00:01:26,05 a Jew And remember the culture. Is much different we have people all kinds of 20 00:01:26,06 --> 00:01:30,73 nationalism in the else here but at that time there was broken down to the Jews and 21 00:01:30,74 --> 00:01:34,06 the gentiles when avenge the Jewish you know he says the bench 22 00:01:34,07 --> 00:01:39,50 a Jew They were given the Word of God who is the Word of God given to originally 23 00:01:40,47 --> 00:01:44,33 the Jews the Old Testament is given to them is there an advantage today yes they 24 00:01:44,34 --> 00:01:50,24 were trusted to proclaim the Word of God the Jewish nation was trusted to proclaim 25 00:01:50,25 --> 00:01:54,58 their good word of God than do if nation was trusted to be the representative of 26 00:01:54,59 --> 00:01:56,45 God then they do 27 00:01:56,46 --> 00:02:01,71 a good job of that. Many times they did and every once in awhile they did many 28 00:02:01,72 --> 00:02:05,24 times they did it most of them they didn't every once well they did good you know 29 00:02:05,25 --> 00:02:10,46 why most of them they did it because they were living under the law. If you live 30 00:02:10,47 --> 00:02:13,71 under the law you're not going to very good at keeping that law you're going to 31 00:02:13,72 --> 00:02:19,70 fail miserably. So they trusted them. Now listen verse three would have some were 32 00:02:19,71 --> 00:02:24,62 unfaithful does their faithful in the faithlessness dollar fire the faithless 33 00:02:24,63 --> 00:02:30,20 a God says some Jews run faithful does that Nahla fi God. If some Christians are 34 00:02:30,21 --> 00:02:34,53 unfaithful does that not all the five God is some Christians live the life of the 35 00:02:34,54 --> 00:02:35,70 devil wants that the life of 36 00:02:35,71 --> 00:02:40,78 a Christian does that lessen the truth of the word it doesn't lessen the truth the 37 00:02:40,79 --> 00:02:44,23 Word does that mock the word yes that livestock 38 00:02:44,25 --> 00:02:48,41 a mock the word but lead doesn't lessen the word this is deserved faithful list by 39 00:02:48,43 --> 00:02:50,12 the faith was a god by no means 40 00:02:50,19 --> 00:02:55,52 a leg God be true that everyone else be an eye or liar. So 41 00:02:55,53 --> 00:02:59,89 a people tell me they come to him well his Christians are hypocrites. I say you're 42 00:02:59,91 --> 00:03:02,76 right every human being is 43 00:03:02,78 --> 00:03:05,85 a hypocrite at times every human being doesn't live exactly how they say they're 44 00:03:05,86 --> 00:03:10,32 going to live. The issues and if they're hypocrites is that is God 45 00:03:10,32 --> 00:03:15,32 a hypocrite. Is God a liar has got 46 00:03:15,32 --> 00:03:17,50 a lustful man has got 47 00:03:17,50 --> 00:03:22,18 a woman that turns around and turns around and cheats on her husband is that God if 48 00:03:22,20 --> 00:03:26,10 Christians do certain things that they shouldn't do that does not know if I who God 49 00:03:26,11 --> 00:03:30,87 is and that's what Paul is saying near. And then is done by no means let God be 50 00:03:31,22 --> 00:03:33,07 true through though everyone were 51 00:03:33,08 --> 00:03:38,20 a liar it is written that you may be justified in your words and prevail when you 52 00:03:38,21 --> 00:03:42,45 are judged they do this and God is going to be justified by his words and he's 53 00:03:42,46 --> 00:03:47,33 going to prevail when people judge who God is and the end of the age every atheist 54 00:03:47,34 --> 00:03:51,73 every agnostic every other religion that mocks Jesus will they be judged in the end 55 00:03:52,87 --> 00:03:57,68 will God be justified in the end absolutely you know what this is powerful deployed 56 00:03:57,69 --> 00:04:02,17 to yourself. If you're living according to scripture you live in 57 00:04:02,18 --> 00:04:06,46 a court of God then guess what day you may be justified in your words because you 58 00:04:06,47 --> 00:04:12,17 speak nothing but truth. If you speak truth will you be justified in your words 59 00:04:12,84 --> 00:04:19,44 absolutely prevail when you are judged. I want to live my life so that my words 60 00:04:19,96 --> 00:04:25,15 make me justify the words I speak to life I live when those who judge me they judge 61 00:04:25,16 --> 00:04:28,17 me by what they have to judge but my acts my words I will live in such 62 00:04:28,18 --> 00:04:33,45 a way that yes Joe still find some stuff for me anybody know that ask my wife where 63 00:04:33,46 --> 00:04:39,16 is my wife where my wife goal she ran away good you can ask her again find out. 64 00:04:40,21 --> 00:04:46,71 What does it in and the secret closet someplace. But the key is is just as 65 00:04:46,71 --> 00:04:48,71 God will not be judged because he's 66 00:04:48,71 --> 00:04:54,39 a man of his word we need to be the same way burst five but if her unrighteous 67 00:04:54,41 --> 00:04:58,28 serves to show the righteous God what shall we say in this body this is what it is 68 00:04:58,28 --> 00:05:00,75 saying this is the Jews speaking this is of 69 00:05:00,76 --> 00:05:07,73 a Jews that Jews asking the question well you know what. If by are living on 70 00:05:07,74 --> 00:05:10,96 righteous gives God the T.V. 71 00:05:10,97 --> 00:05:16,53 Show mercy and grace should we just live on righteous so that people can see our 72 00:05:16,54 --> 00:05:21,72 mercy agree is God's mercy and grace that's where the Jews the question the Jews 73 00:05:21,73 --> 00:05:28,23 are asking so you know what if we're going to make God look just by us continuing 74 00:05:28,24 --> 00:05:32,69 in rebellion and sin and him show mercy because because he's 75 00:05:32,70 --> 00:05:36,49 a merciful God that proves when he says he's merciful we get giving him 76 00:05:36,50 --> 00:05:41,33 a chance to show as merciful by our sin think about that does that sound stupid 77 00:05:42,43 --> 00:05:48,71 does this sound crazy do you know people live that way. You know what 78 00:05:49,25 --> 00:05:52,26 grace a bounce. Grace 79 00:05:52,27 --> 00:05:57,12 a balance so I can live whatever the way it is and then God is merciful and show 80 00:05:57,13 --> 00:06:03,17 some merciful is look I'm up and got to show mercy for years. Now we don't normally 81 00:06:03,18 --> 00:06:07,21 say that and do that but how many of us in our head when we're going to do the sin 82 00:06:07,22 --> 00:06:07,85 we try to figure out 83 00:06:07,86 --> 00:06:12,91 a way that we can justify this then that's what Paul is talking about here he's 84 00:06:12,92 --> 00:06:18,92 addressing us not just the Jews and what does he say he says God forbid. 85 00:06:20,90 --> 00:06:27,27 God forbid that we have that kind of mindset OK this keep going on here we're going 86 00:06:27,28 --> 00:06:27,65 to have done 87 00:06:27,66 --> 00:06:34,53 a verse nine. But we Jews any better off not at all for 88 00:06:34,75 --> 00:06:38,96 the charge that all balled Jews in Greeks are under sin and he goes none is 89 00:06:38,97 --> 00:06:43,63 righteous none is good no one understands no one seeks for good God Do you 90 00:06:43,64 --> 00:06:46,98 understand this is no Testament quote and it is plain it to the Jews it would have 91 00:06:46,99 --> 00:06:47,49 specifically 92 00:06:47,50 --> 00:06:52,78 a saying to the Jews yes what you do is don't get too prideful about who you are 93 00:06:52,80 --> 00:06:58,12 because guess what none of you in the end all to me are seeking God all the way. Is 94 00:06:58,13 --> 00:07:03,30 that not true for us none of us all the time twenty four hours of seeking God Many 95 00:07:03,31 --> 00:07:07,68 management Minister on that journey ever maybe closer to that journey but what he's 96 00:07:07,69 --> 00:07:12,40 really saying is he's trying to tell him Look you're never going to be good enough 97 00:07:12,41 --> 00:07:18,87 on your own because there's something that you have and as the disease in this 98 00:07:18,88 --> 00:07:23,30 occurs and it's called the curse of sin you are born with 99 00:07:23,31 --> 00:07:27,88 a simple nature and you cannot get away from that the reality is all of us are born 100 00:07:27,89 --> 00:07:31,34 with the sinful nature and that's what he's talking about so that's why we're all 101 00:07:31,35 --> 00:07:37,69 the same. So if we realize that all of us fall short that maybe we should live our 102 00:07:37,70 --> 00:07:43,26 lives to keep from falling short. Maybe we should put some boundaries in our life 103 00:07:43,27 --> 00:07:46,58 and some things in our lives so that if we know we're going to fall short there's 104 00:07:46,59 --> 00:07:52,16 less chance of falling short holding here is we all fall short. 105 00:07:53,42 --> 00:07:56,91 Can't judge one another by fall on the shore because well Paul Sure but there are 106 00:07:56,92 --> 00:08:01,90 consequences for the behavior we have and today I can control my behavior I can't 107 00:08:01,91 --> 00:08:04,97 change what I did eight hundred nine hundred twenty twenty one years old I can 108 00:08:05,01 --> 00:08:11,09 change what I do today this here we should be living this principle I fall short 109 00:08:12,67 --> 00:08:16,86 I deserve judgment just like anybody else what do I need to do to get my life in 110 00:08:16,87 --> 00:08:20,76 order first nineteen. Now we know that whatever the law says 111 00:08:20,77 --> 00:08:25,05 a speaks to those who are under the law so that every mouth may be stopped and the 112 00:08:25,06 --> 00:08:29,70 whole world may be held accountable to God for by the works of the law no human 113 00:08:29,71 --> 00:08:34,78 being will be justified in God's sight since to the law comes the knowledge of sin 114 00:08:35,52 --> 00:08:39,44 he's saying what was the purpose of the law the purpose the law is the point what 115 00:08:39,45 --> 00:08:44,26 sin is the purpose the Lazcano about here I believe that law is the Ten 116 00:08:44,27 --> 00:08:49,76 Commandments the law is the moral law not to lie about what day you worship on not 117 00:08:49,77 --> 00:08:54,01 the law what food you eat what clothes you wear but the moral law the Moral Law was 118 00:08:54,02 --> 00:08:59,02 given for one purpose the Moral Law was given to show us what God's commands are 119 00:08:59,14 --> 00:09:01,24 and to show us the point to us 120 00:09:01,42 --> 00:09:05,81 a schoolmaster to show us we can't keep it. There was a purpose 121 00:09:05,82 --> 00:09:12,23 a law it was to show us that we're sinners. Because be there before the law came 122 00:09:12,24 --> 00:09:15,31 before Moses gave the Ten Commandments of God get the Ten Commandments through 123 00:09:15,32 --> 00:09:17,51 Moses. There was 124 00:09:17,52 --> 00:09:22,14 a Ten Commandments but did they know not to kill before then. Absolutely not to 125 00:09:22,15 --> 00:09:25,28 still before then yeah you knew what not to do with the law was there given for 126 00:09:25,29 --> 00:09:29,98 a purpose it was the show the Jews look here is what God is commanding and his 127 00:09:29,99 --> 00:09:32,78 command you to live up to it as a people as 128 00:09:32,79 --> 00:09:37,24 a nation to reflect the character of God you are to follow our air Read bit of this 129 00:09:37,25 --> 00:09:41,49 law and it was given to them to show them that there is no way they could do it. 130 00:09:43,07 --> 00:09:48,02 And what should they have done with it was given the law they should have said I 131 00:09:48,03 --> 00:09:52,27 can't do it. And they should be that they said we couldn't do it what would have 132 00:09:52,28 --> 00:09:58,88 happened somebody had to come in to give the bill to do it who's that Jesus they 133 00:09:58,89 --> 00:10:04,59 said would do it would do it would do it how many of us do that we accept Jesus 134 00:10:04,60 --> 00:10:07,33 them except Jesus that they're all the son we get this thing you know I'm going to 135 00:10:07,34 --> 00:10:07,40 be 136 00:10:07,41 --> 00:10:12,61 a great holy Christian and I'm just and changed my life you can't change your life 137 00:10:12,92 --> 00:10:17,49 God has to change it. The worst place to be as a Christian is 138 00:10:17,50 --> 00:10:21,81 a Christian that's trying to change your life on their own. Try to kid quit 139 00:10:21,82 --> 00:10:26,13 a bad habit on your own your own strength and everybody could tell you to quit that 140 00:10:26,14 --> 00:10:29,80 habit but do you have God's grace to do it you can't do it in 141 00:10:29,81 --> 00:10:33,100 a policy in here what he's looking at saying is that listen the law was given to 142 00:10:34,01 --> 00:10:37,18 give us the knowledge of sin why so that we had no we need 143 00:10:37,19 --> 00:10:43,12 a savior. When the Jews had along they found out they need something more than the 144 00:10:43,13 --> 00:10:48,06 law so what would they do at that time if they said what they have to do they had 145 00:10:48,07 --> 00:10:54,33 to make sacrifices. They understood that if you broke that law if you violated the 146 00:10:54,34 --> 00:10:56,38 moral law of God that there was 147 00:10:56,39 --> 00:11:01,69 a consequence and the only way to have forgiveness was the big sacrifice is. No 148 00:11:01,70 --> 00:11:05,86 different than us as believers in Jesus Christ when we sin we make 149 00:11:05,87 --> 00:11:12,56 a sacrifice you know what that sacrifice is I confess my sins here I am God. I give 150 00:11:12,57 --> 00:11:19,30 you my life not an animal's life it's easy given animals life especially Still the 151 00:11:19,31 --> 00:11:26,31 neighbor's animal to use as your sacrifice. OK. But when you give your life as 152 00:11:26,32 --> 00:11:32,70 a sacrifice you give your all here I am I give you myself 153 00:11:34,52 --> 00:11:40,49 verse twenty one. But now the rushes God has been manifested apart from the law 154 00:11:40,88 --> 00:11:44,70 although the law of the prophets bear witness to it the righteous of God through 155 00:11:44,71 --> 00:11:50,76 faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. So the righteous 156 00:11:51,66 --> 00:11:57,37 in this of faith that obtain salvation is available to who all. 157 00:11:59,25 --> 00:12:03,38 The rush of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe if you believe in 158 00:12:03,39 --> 00:12:07,21 Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior believe that's the way you have forgiveness do 159 00:12:07,22 --> 00:12:13,82 you have salvation. Whether Jew or Gentile nationality skin color 160 00:12:14,12 --> 00:12:19,12 language doesn't matter their salvation is through righteous by faith and by that 161 00:12:19,13 --> 00:12:23,36 along he says there is no distinction for all have sinned and fall short the glory 162 00:12:23,37 --> 00:12:25,90 of God and are justified by his grace as 163 00:12:25,91 --> 00:12:32,62 a gift to the redemption as in Christ Jesus how do we have taint salvation. Through 164 00:12:32,63 --> 00:12:34,43 Jesus and it's 165 00:12:34,44 --> 00:12:38,76 a gift it's not something I do there on the idea of say Jesus here I am 166 00:12:38,92 --> 00:12:43,27 a mess take my life turning around change me there's still 167 00:12:43,28 --> 00:12:47,48 a work that we do. A gift can you purchase 168 00:12:47,49 --> 00:12:52,23 a gift. If it can you purchase your gift is not 169 00:12:52,24 --> 00:12:58,12 a gift if you're buying it. A gift or something to somebody gives to you so I go to 170 00:12:58,71 --> 00:13:02,95 go to to Adam and I say autumn I want to give so here's the money buy me 171 00:13:02,96 --> 00:13:09,37 a gift. And then she gives it to me is that a gift no she was just 172 00:13:09,38 --> 00:13:14,37 a vessel to buy what I gave the money to buy for me Katie the gift is when somebody 173 00:13:14,38 --> 00:13:20,81 gives it to you that you couldn't purchase yourself. And it says are there just by 174 00:13:20,82 --> 00:13:22,36 by by His grace as 175 00:13:22,37 --> 00:13:26,46 a gift or that we demean those in Christ Jesus first twenty five whom God put 176 00:13:26,47 --> 00:13:33,03 forward as a pro pitchy ation by His blood to be received by faith over there is 177 00:13:33,04 --> 00:13:39,34 a big word propitiation. That actually that word coming from the word mercy seat. 178 00:13:41,12 --> 00:13:45,46 The propitiation for our sins is that he paid the price he was the mercy seat for 179 00:13:45,47 --> 00:13:49,71 sense if anybody knows in the Old Testament there was the mercy seat and what he's 180 00:13:49,72 --> 00:13:55,61 saying is that Jesus by His mercy has given us salvation. 181 00:13:57,12 --> 00:13:59,22 Has his mercy that he gives 182 00:13:59,23 --> 00:14:05,27 a salvation because we don't deserve it. We do judgment instead of judgement he 183 00:14:05,28 --> 00:14:08,10 gives us mercy and God put forth as 184 00:14:08,11 --> 00:14:12,97 a propitiation by His blood to be see by faith this was to show God's righteousness 185 00:14:13,19 --> 00:14:19,45 because it is divine for Barents he passed over former sands What is it is shows 186 00:14:19,46 --> 00:14:23,87 that God is right shifts Listen you get you're not going to tell me read it and 187 00:14:23,88 --> 00:14:25,96 then when I explain it this was 188 00:14:25,97 --> 00:14:30,45 a show God's righteousness because in His Divine for Barents he passed over former 189 00:14:30,46 --> 00:14:32,93 sins listen if God's 190 00:14:32,94 --> 00:14:38,51 a righteous God he must judge then what this is saying is God is righteous so there 191 00:14:38,52 --> 00:14:38,98 had to be 192 00:14:38,99 --> 00:14:44,07 a judgement percent the judgment was paid by Jesus Christ in His blood God did not 193 00:14:44,08 --> 00:14:50,10 change the law all erase the Law God fulfilled the Law did you hear me 194 00:14:51,06 --> 00:14:56,26 God did not do away with the laws so that we may be saved God fulfilled the law 195 00:14:56,27 --> 00:15:02,60 through Jesus Christ so that we may be say that's critical because otherwise you 196 00:15:02,61 --> 00:15:06,39 don't think the law was done away with it was to show his righteous at the present 197 00:15:06,40 --> 00:15:11,37 time so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus 198 00:15:11,38 --> 00:15:16,91 Christ so that in the future when God judges he is right is by judging based if you 199 00:15:16,92 --> 00:15:22,91 receive Jesus or not verse twenty seven then what becomes of our boasting is 200 00:15:22,92 --> 00:15:24,93 excluded. But 201 00:15:24,94 --> 00:15:30,66 a lot of works no by the law of faith we cannot boast of keeping the law because in 202 00:15:30,67 --> 00:15:37,20 a way we can even keep the law is through Jesus Christ. What he's addressing there 203 00:15:37,21 --> 00:15:42,79 is legalism anybody ever met Christians that I called egoless to Christians you 204 00:15:42,80 --> 00:15:48,55 know what they're like what you wear you know women should not wear jeans 205 00:15:49,45 --> 00:15:53,71 certainly in church if you wear jeans if you wear jewelry liberalism is if you 206 00:15:53,72 --> 00:15:57,93 judge the heart by their parents legalism say if you do if you go to 207 00:15:57,94 --> 00:16:03,02 a movie it's in. There's some movies if you go two months in. 208 00:16:05,33 --> 00:16:08,62 Nobody has to tell you no and how you know what because you never tell anybody the 209 00:16:08,63 --> 00:16:15,08 movie you went to. If you go to move and you want to tell Pastor rich it probably 210 00:16:15,09 --> 00:16:20,57 was sin. To Pastor Rich's legal list if you sell Bambi you'd be free to tell him 211 00:16:20,58 --> 00:16:25,88 because you tell You can't go to those sinful movies so appall saying here is that 212 00:16:26,06 --> 00:16:30,63 we are not to be judging our relationship with God or other people 213 00:16:30,64 --> 00:16:34,57 a ship by God by how much they follow the law keep in the law about all those 214 00:16:34,58 --> 00:16:38,37 things he's talking about that we're justified by faith apart from the works of the 215 00:16:38,38 --> 00:16:45,23 law. When we are saved and we're serving God we don't live according to the law 216 00:16:45,38 --> 00:16:50,37 embodied to the law what I mean by that is that you can accept Jesus by faith and 217 00:16:50,38 --> 00:16:56,82 then live by works afterwords it's Bondi Beach because if you accept Jesus by faith 218 00:16:56,83 --> 00:16:59,63 live by works that I will tell you all the days you need to do to be 219 00:16:59,64 --> 00:17:02,78 a good Christian and then you will live by works try to do those things without the 220 00:17:02,79 --> 00:17:03,64 power of God You'll be 221 00:17:03,65 --> 00:17:07,88 a miserable Christian. Because you're trying to live according to works and by the 222 00:17:07,89 --> 00:17:14,35 law. But does that mean we get rid of the law absolutely not and we're going to see 223 00:17:14,36 --> 00:17:14,83 this in just 224 00:17:14,84 --> 00:17:20,08 a moment. Freehold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law verse 225 00:17:20,09 --> 00:17:24,73 twenty nine or is God the God of the Jews only is he not the God of Gentiles also 226 00:17:25,05 --> 00:17:31,14 yes of Gentles Also since God is One who will justify the circumcised by faith and 227 00:17:31,15 --> 00:17:36,96 uncircumcised uncircumcised through faith do we didn't overthrow the law by this 228 00:17:36,97 --> 00:17:43,29 faith by no means on the contrary we uphold the law and here's why I have 229 00:17:43,30 --> 00:17:44,47 a problem with a lot of Christians 230 00:17:44,48 --> 00:17:48,21 a lot of passes in the specially in areas that are there's very liberal theology 231 00:17:48,22 --> 00:17:52,41 where they are going on their passage they could sound like that the moral law all 232 00:17:52,42 --> 00:17:55,77 the laws been done away with because you know what is our schoolmaster we don't 233 00:17:55,78 --> 00:18:02,31 need it anymore how many know that we still need the law this think about it now 234 00:18:02,32 --> 00:18:06,24 we're all born again and so you know what this throughout all the police officers 235 00:18:06,25 --> 00:18:12,08 is to all the judges. Do you honestly believe that people don't like people say 236 00:18:12,09 --> 00:18:13,07 we're a Christian nation we're not 237 00:18:13,08 --> 00:18:16,91 a Christian nation we're nation founded on Christian principles there's 238 00:18:16,92 --> 00:18:20,26 a big difference we're found a Christian principle or not 239 00:18:20,28 --> 00:18:21,30 a Christian nation we can't be 240 00:18:21,30 --> 00:18:24,16 a Christian nation because nobody's Christian we can't be 241 00:18:24,18 --> 00:18:25,48 a Christian nation because if you're 242 00:18:25,50 --> 00:18:30,77 a Christian nation Jesus is King not Tropp hallways are supposed to be kings be 243 00:18:30,78 --> 00:18:37,77 president OK listen. To say that we are right here but 244 00:18:37,78 --> 00:18:42,32 I no mean listen do we didn't overthrow the law by this fate by no means the 245 00:18:42,33 --> 00:18:45,69 contrary of all the law does THE BIBLE say we're not supposed to get rid of the law 246 00:18:45,69 --> 00:18:50,27 . OK Now again we're not talking about the ceremonial law we're not on the 247 00:18:50,28 --> 00:18:54,00 character law with them but the moral law pretty much the ten commandments Jesus 248 00:18:54,01 --> 00:18:58,45 spoke about the ten commandments he brought up the Ten Commandments OK And what is 249 00:18:58,46 --> 00:19:05,05 saying here is that we don't get rid of the law just because we were saved. We need 250 00:19:05,06 --> 00:19:08,54 the law you know why we need the law to contain remind us that we are sinners saved 251 00:19:08,55 --> 00:19:13,23 by faith. Because Eva No I'm born again every time I look at that law what is 252 00:19:13,24 --> 00:19:20,10 a reminder of I need Jesus. Doesn't it and just to make sure that 253 00:19:20,11 --> 00:19:24,47 Jesus did they should get rid of the Law Jesus turns around and says if you even 254 00:19:24,48 --> 00:19:26,11 look at it when with lust you committed 255 00:19:26,20 --> 00:19:31,77 a. Sin you committed adultery so Jesus then lessened the law would he do. 256 00:19:33,53 --> 00:19:40,01 He increased the law he made as strict or not lesser. Wise and important 257 00:19:40,23 --> 00:19:46,10 because the law is always there to point to us where we fall short but the law is 258 00:19:46,11 --> 00:19:52,93 also there was to show us what we can strive for. We can head towards 259 00:19:53,08 --> 00:19:54,67 lean towards have as 260 00:19:54,68 --> 00:19:59,21 a goal towards what we have to remember something on the way we can do it and then 261 00:19:59,22 --> 00:20:05,30 we can uphold the laws by what by His grace. So I want you to think about something 262 00:20:05,31 --> 00:20:12,08 as in. If we are saved by faith. Should we not 263 00:20:12,20 --> 00:20:18,76 live by faith. Or do I get saved by faith and then I live by works 264 00:20:19,36 --> 00:20:24,05 or do I get saved by faith and then I just live with the haphazard life of whatever 265 00:20:24,05 --> 00:20:30,40 . You know what I'm saved by faith and so it isn't by works so you know what I'm 266 00:20:30,41 --> 00:20:31,61 going to turn around and I'm 267 00:20:31,62 --> 00:20:35,41 a live wherever I live because you know I'll be in heaven and you know what it 268 00:20:35,42 --> 00:20:39,58 don't matter here on Earth. That's 269 00:20:39,59 --> 00:20:46,57 a cop out and that does not glorify God whatsoever I can tell you as 270 00:20:46,58 --> 00:20:47,72 an atheist didn't believe in 271 00:20:47,73 --> 00:20:52,05 a God if there were Christians that all said we just get rid of the law and the law 272 00:20:52,06 --> 00:20:54,85 doesn't matter we live how we want to live I would have never been 273 00:20:54,86 --> 00:21:01,28 a Christian by. My be a Christian if you can live the same way as me why be 274 00:21:01,29 --> 00:21:05,14 a Christian you guys are obligated go to church I don't have to go to church live 275 00:21:05,15 --> 00:21:09,66 the way I live. So out of it there comes 276 00:21:09,67 --> 00:21:16,22 a place that we acknowledge I am a sinner I need a savior I'll need 277 00:21:16,23 --> 00:21:20,04 a savior to the day I die the law points to the fact I need 278 00:21:20,05 --> 00:21:23,03 a savior and that's why it continues the strive to work 279 00:21:23,04 --> 00:21:27,32 a life that walk out the life I live so that I can become forms of that law so I 280 00:21:27,33 --> 00:21:33,39 can glorify God but in the end me keeping the law will not get me saved and it 281 00:21:33,40 --> 00:21:33,84 doesn't make me 282 00:21:33,85 --> 00:21:40,16 a better Christian he meant those people. If you just turn around and you live that 283 00:21:40,17 --> 00:21:41,07 pure holy life you're 284 00:21:41,08 --> 00:21:47,60 a better Christian. No your self-righteous Christian. But should I 285 00:21:47,61 --> 00:21:48,17 live 286 00:21:48,60 --> 00:21:54,33 a holy life. I'm home as preacher I will preach until the day I die that we are called 287 00:21:54,34 --> 00:21:57,33 to walk in hall in this recall to live according to the standard that God has given 288 00:21:57,34 --> 00:22:01,16 us and the only way to do is by his faith by his grace and he's give me enough 289 00:22:01,17 --> 00:22:04,80 faith in grace to be able to do it and when I don't have enough faith to do it what 290 00:22:04,81 --> 00:22:08,28 do I do I prayed ask him to give me the faith to do it I got I got this and that's 291 00:22:08,29 --> 00:22:11,78 how this controlling me right now is controlling is manipulating me and it says 292 00:22:11,79 --> 00:22:14,88 here I am saved by faith that they could got I got the sin that controls me but I'm 293 00:22:14,89 --> 00:22:18,03 still save I'm still going to heaven but when I got the said that's controlling me 294 00:22:18,04 --> 00:22:21,91 and I want to have the faith to believe that you can set me free and if we had that 295 00:22:21,92 --> 00:22:23,04 kind of mindset we'd get free 296 00:22:23,05 --> 00:22:28,38 a lot more. But if I turn around and say well this is OK because I'm raising my son 297 00:22:28,39 --> 00:22:33,96 compared to Jeff. The Jeff lives downstairs I live upstairs we know each other 298 00:22:33,97 --> 00:22:37,47 since we're out in open all the each other since you don't listen in the door you 299 00:22:37,88 --> 00:22:44,49 listen to it. But out of it I've been a Christian longer than Jeff. I'm a been 300 00:22:44,50 --> 00:22:45,68 a pastor for years I've been 301 00:22:45,69 --> 00:22:50,09 a Bible scholar in the else Jeff has learned how to walk this life I probably walk 302 00:22:50,10 --> 00:22:56,16 in more righteousness than jab but the washes I walk more than Jeff is by faith in 303 00:22:56,17 --> 00:23:00,69 Christ Jesus is by something that God's done and me that's something that I worked 304 00:23:00,70 --> 00:23:01,83 up after so many years as 305 00:23:01,84 --> 00:23:07,45 a Christian and the Rices I walk in Jeff has the same people go to walk in if you 306 00:23:07,46 --> 00:23:12,15 accepted Jesus yesterday is that true can 307 00:23:12,16 --> 00:23:16,61 a person except Jesus at this pulpit right now can that person tomorrow walk in the 308 00:23:16,62 --> 00:23:23,58 same right as that I walk in. Absolutely can by the grace of God. Who is going to 309 00:23:23,59 --> 00:23:30,21 take praying. Studying the word crying out to God 310 00:23:30,51 --> 00:23:33,33 confession repentance is going to take 311 00:23:33,34 --> 00:23:37,80 a whole lot of days that no we don't happen in twenty four hours. So it's 312 00:23:37,81 --> 00:23:43,21 a process but there's the capability of walking that out so is this chapter all 313 00:23:43,22 --> 00:23:48,08 about you know in the law and not law. All that stuff what I want you to take away 314 00:23:48,09 --> 00:23:53,30 were saved by faith. And that we can walk in the righteous God through Christ Jesus 315 00:23:53,90 --> 00:23:54,32 and we can be 316 00:23:54,33 --> 00:23:59,94 a testimony to the rest of the ruled by Christ Jesus living within our life that 317 00:23:59,95 --> 00:24:03,51 should be the desire of all of us is there something that you're holding onto that 318 00:24:03,52 --> 00:24:09,11 you need to let go is there something controlling you that you need to let go this 319 00:24:09,12 --> 00:24:15,78 close in prayer. Lord. Every time I do 320 00:24:15,79 --> 00:24:22,45 a sermon there's a problem. And the problem is it speaks to me. In 321 00:24:22,46 --> 00:24:28,72 a points out my own shortcomings my own sin. And today as in the midst of worship I 322 00:24:28,73 --> 00:24:33,19 was thinking of I have some identities I have I'm a I'm a board person I'm 323 00:24:33,20 --> 00:24:36,89 a person who has no problem speaking truth I'm 324 00:24:36,90 --> 00:24:39,55 a person who is not ashamed of the gospel I'm 325 00:24:39,56 --> 00:24:45,39 a person that will stand for truth even if it offends at times and lot of times I 326 00:24:45,43 --> 00:24:45,89 take on 327 00:24:45,90 --> 00:24:52,00 a belief that most make their politics or their sin or something else more important 328 00:24:52,01 --> 00:24:58,87 than Jesus. And then you spoke to me and says I take pride in the rushes 329 00:24:58,88 --> 00:25:03,21 that I walk in. And as much I don't want to think of me as 330 00:25:03,22 --> 00:25:07,87 a self-righteous man because I really don't believe I'm doing the body else my 331 00:25:07,88 --> 00:25:12,99 behavior and actions could come across so different. It's 332 00:25:13,00 --> 00:25:15,76 a lot I want to make sure that in my identity made in 333 00:25:15,77 --> 00:25:22,46 a tease in you. In who I am. Because 334 00:25:22,47 --> 00:25:27,19 reality without Christ I am nothing. Lord I pray for anybody in this room or 335 00:25:27,20 --> 00:25:30,11 they're struggling with something the sum area of their life lower they haven't 336 00:25:30,12 --> 00:25:34,57 given it all I pray they'll give it all to you. They give everything to you Lord 337 00:25:34,81 --> 00:25:41,65 they say here I am mold me shape me change me. Make me truly 338 00:25:41,69 --> 00:25:44,95 a new creation in Christ Jesus make me 339 00:25:44,96 --> 00:25:49,01 a wholly devoted follower of Jesus Christ may I be 340 00:25:49,02 --> 00:25:52,32 a reflection of Christ in the life that I live May I be 341 00:25:52,33 --> 00:25:55,05 a person I pray this is the prayer of every person I may be 342 00:25:55,06 --> 00:25:58,89 a person of integrity so if any day at any moment somebody of his day cues me 343 00:25:58,90 --> 00:26:02,66 a charge of anything I would either say you know one person take it or you're right 344 00:26:03,58 --> 00:26:03,79 I be 345 00:26:03,80 --> 00:26:08,57 a person to say you know what I'm sorry you're wrong and I'll walk away knowing I've 346 00:26:08,58 --> 00:26:14,45 spoken the truth about my life. May that be who we are Lord God so that we can be 347 00:26:14,46 --> 00:26:20,78 a powerful testimony for Christ Jesus and I pray this in Jesus' name amen but this 348 00:26:20,82 --> 00:26:25,19 master Ridge you need to know Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior Jesus said Behold I 349 00:26:25,20 --> 00:26:29,57 stand at the door and knock you to be one hears my voice and opens the door I will 350 00:26:29,58 --> 00:26:36,07 come in. 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